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FILE PHOTO: Passengers watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing a space rocket, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File photo
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Why North Korea's satellite launches draw condemnation

Earlier attempts on 31 May - North Korea's first such launch since 2016 - and 24 Aug ended in fiery failures when its new Chollima-1 rockets crashed into the sea

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan stand for a group photo with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and his wife Naraporn Chao-ocha on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Pool/File Photo
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Biden to meet China's Xi and what else to expect from APEC in San Francisco

A man is seen on the field on the Yamuna floodplains on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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Why is South Asia the global hotspot of pollution?

The looming darkness over the horizons of India’s Andaman Islands. Photo: Netflix
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Unravelling the connection between 'Kala Pani' and India’s Andaman Islands

FILE PHOTO: Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) gestures during a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
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Events leading to the exile and return of Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif

General view of Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo
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War and oil: Is history about to repeat itself after 50 years?

A Palestinian with dual citizenship waits outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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Why Gaza's Rafah border crossing matters

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally marking the 31st anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 16, 2018. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo
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How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a visit to the Office of Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia, July 18, 2022. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Is Arab World ready for another war?

Explainer: What is Magnitsky legislation, and why does it matter?
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Explainer: What is Magnitsky legislation, and why does it matter?

Rise in work-from-home job scams in Bangladesh: What you need to know
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Rise in work-from-home job scams in Bangladesh: What you need to know

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Who is Lachlan Murdoch and what will happen to Fox and News Corp?

A sign outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple is seen after the killing on its grounds in June 2023 of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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A brief history of the Khalistan movement’s emergence in Canada 45 years ago